Question 1
Which of these seas did not touch the shores of Rome?
Ionian Sea
Adriatic Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
Black Sea
3 points
Question 2
These letters were the universal mark of Roman authority.
Alpha
SPQR
Omega
ROM
3 points
Question 3
Which of American founding fathers designed their house with the Pantheon in mind?
Washington
Franklin
Jefferson
Adams
3 points
Question 4
Greeks characteristically created while the Romans were often content to copy art; Roman artists excelled in portraiture and ____________________ narrative precisely because they copied the work as they saw it.
historical
story
triumphant
cultural
3 points
Question 5
Which two structures illustrate Roman eclecticism?
Coliseum and Pantheon
Coliseum and Trajans Column
Pantheon and Basilica of Constantine
Roman Forum and the Senate
3 points
Question 6
One of the most revolutionary and authoritative structures ever built, which has influenced the architecture of every age from the ancient Rome to the present day.
Aqueducts
Triumphal Arch
Trajans column
Pantheon
3 points
Question 7
Literally means the public affair or the peoples affair.
Democratic
Republic
Patricians
Plebeians
3 points
Question 8
This is the oldest continuously used religious building in the West, having started as a pagan temple and then converted to a Catholic church.
Parthenon
Pantheon
Peter’s Cathedral
Coliseum
3 points
Question 9
Who is credited with introducing the Neo-classical architecture to Americas buildings?
Washington
Jefferson
Hamilton
Franklin
3 points
Question 10
What structure did the Romans build that allowed their expression of who they were in the world and what they were trying to do? It was also used as a propaganda device; a representation of the yoke of oxen.
Parthenon
Triumphal Arch
Aqueducts
Statues of Caesar
3 points
Question 11
The period from the rule of Caesar Augustus through Marcus Aurelius.
Pax Romana
Deus Ex machine
Pax Augustus
Archaic period
3 points
Question 12
The Romans valued education and scorned the uneducated, whether Roman or foreigner. Who wrote Ignorance condemned these impoverished souls to the tyranny of the present?
Virgil
Cicero
Octavian
Caesar
3 points
Question 13
The greatest Roman poet of the Republic.
Cicero
Caesar
Lucretius
Demosthenes
3 points
Question 14
What significant structural architectural principle did the Romans develop?
Colonnade
Post and Lintel construction
Rounded Arch and Vault
Columns
3 points
Question 15
One of Romes most famous narrative art monuments is _____________.
Trajans Column
Bust of Caesar
Bathhouse
Aqueducts
3 points
Question 16
This is the best preserved of all Roman buildings because it became a Catholic church early in the history of the Church of Rome.
Coliseum
Parthenon
Pantheon
Trajans coliseum
3 points
Question 17
According to the Roman timeline this Republic began around what date?
500 AC
1000 BC
510 BC
200 BC
3 points
Question 18
The central wedge-shaped stone in an arch; the last stone put in place, it makes the arch stable.
Dome
Voussoirs
Pilaster
Keystone
3 points
Question 19
Rome had two early philosophies that had been taught by the Greeks, one being Epicureanism. What was the other one?
Stoicism
Socratism
Agnosticism
Atheism
3 points
Question 20
From the Christian’s perspective which of these is true?
“Rex, Lex”
“Lex, Rex”
“Lex, Lex”
“Rex, Nex”
3 points
Question 21
The Romans took pride in their Imperialism.
True
False
2 points
Question 22
The Greeks had slaves but the Romans chose not to embrace slavery.
True
False
2 points
Question 23
The chief arts of Rome were architecture and sculpture.
True
False
2 points
Question 24
The Romans viewed the Greek culture as very distasteful and refused to use any of it with their own culture.
True
False
2 points
Question 25
Hannibal was a famous Roman general in the 5th century.
True
False
2 points
Question 26
A good word to describe the Roman mind in relations to art, would be idealistic.
True
False
2 points
Question 27
The Greeks were more interested in what works, while the Romans were more interested in what is right.
True
False
2 points
Question 28
Lex, Rex was written by the King of England in 1644.
True
False
2 points
Question 29
Rome could be described as being pragmatic in their worldview.
True
False
2 points
Question 30
Philosophy is the one area of Roman culture that is not indebted to the Greeks.
True
False
